Originally posted by IttyBittyKitty
I don't know that much can be done, except advising all animal shelters to a) watch how many animals each individual/family adopt and b) encourage "Serial Adopters" to go into the foster route -
Yes we had a case here recently with 150 animals in one house! Unfortunately even though these people think they are "helping" they often don't provide adequate veterinary care or maybe even none at all. They are often sick and need to be PTS when they are finally found. I agree with IttyBitty's comments. Maybe there should be a network where shelters can plug in and check with each other to know in advance just how many pets a person already has before allowing an adoption. This is so sad and unfortunately just a case of misguided good intentions but the end result is very often tragic and the people involved have severe emotional problems and need help themselves.